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W. MGOLOSKEY.

LETTER BOX.

No. 448,062. ZPanted Mar. 10, 1891.

WITJV'ESSES IJVVEJVTOR UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM MCOLOSKEY, OF NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TO CHARLES J. HOYT, OF SAME PLACE.

LETTl-:R-Box.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 448,062, dated March 10, 1891.

Application filed September 8, 1890. Serial No. 364,329. (No model.)

T all whom it may conccrn:

le it known that I, WILLIAM MoCLosKEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residin g at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Letter-Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

` eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an iinprovement in letter-bones, and its novelty will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the an- [5 nexed drawings; and the objects of my invention are to provide a device for the delivery and posting of letters orother mail-matter at private residences or other localities; and I attain these objects by the mechanism illuszo trated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a front view of letter-box attached inside of door. Fig. 2 is an interior view of 'letter-box. F`g. 3 is an end view of z 5 letter-box, showing door in section. Fig. 4 is a sectional rear view of apron.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A refers to an ordinary door such as is in use in dwellings.

B is an opening` under door.

O isacross-piece, which forms part of the door-frame.

D is a letter-box, which is provided with a suitable door, as shown by E, and F a portion of letter-box, which is held securely to door A by means of screws.

G are hinges, and I-I a hook for fastening E.

Within letter-box D,I place two aprons, as

shown by K and L; also two rollers which are operated by Springs, as designated by M and N. Just in rear of roller N, IL place a partition, as shown by O. Attached at a point shown by P, I place a string, chain, or wire with a metal ring attached to end of same, which can be fastened over a button or knob Between aprons Q on the front of the door.

L and K, I place a pocket for the recept-ion of mail-matter, as shown by R, S showing a letter when placed within same, T showing` an opening in pocket, which will enable a postman to see at a glance whether any mail has been deposited by the inmates of dwelling for the mail.

The mode of operation is as follows: As the postman makes his usual trip for delivering mail he removes the ring attached to P and adjusted upon button Q and pulls the aprons downward, as shown in Fig. 4, through opening B, and deposits his mail in pocket R, at same time removing any mail-matter that he may find in the pocket. Vhen these formalities have been complied with, he releases the attachment P and secures ring over button Q, and the aprons are drawn upward in an automatic manner by means of spring-rollers M and N and the mail discharged into mail-box and falls over partition O, where it can be removed from the box by the occupant of the dwelling or any authorized' person. it is desired to post letters or other mail-matter,it is simply inserted in the pooketR,which rest-s upon roller N when in its normal position.

A striking advantage of my invention is its economical construction and the saving of time in depositing and recciving of mail-matter.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, So 1s- In a letter-box such as descri'bed, two rollers placed therein, two aprons passing over said rollers,with pockets therein for receiving and discharging mail-matter through an aperture under a door,in the manner herein set forth.

In test-imony whereof Iaflix my signatn re in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MOCLOSKEY. W'itnesses:

,PnRoY D. PARKS, WILLIAM F. FERGUSON.

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